Sherri McMullen - 2.8

A conversation with Amy Smilovic and Sherri McMullen. Sherri is the Founder and CEO of McMullen, the independent luxury fashion boutique she opened in Oakland in 2007 and relocated to San Francisco in 2024. Named one of the best boutiques in the country by Vogue and one of the most innovative retailers in the world by Vogue Business, McMullen has spent nearly two decades building its reputation on discovery — championing emerging designers, particularly women and creatives of color, alongside established houses like Dries Van Noten, The Row, and Tibi, which the store has carried since its early days. Before McMullen there was a business degree, a short and clarifying stint in accounting, the executive development program at Neiman Marcus in Dallas, and the launch team for Pottery Barn Kids in San Francisco — where, while building someone else's brand, Sherri began writing her own business plan on a borrowed computer. Throughout the episode, Amy and Sherri discuss the skills required to start a business versus the ones required to keep it alive, what retail math and time on the sales floor taught her that spreadsheets never could, and how a gut feeling she couldn't shake became a store. Sherri remains one of Tibi's longest-standing wholesale partners, having bought the collection for McMullen since its earliest seasons — a relationship that has spanned nearly the entire life of both businesses.

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Frank Rizzieri - 2.7

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Bobbi Brown - 2.6

A conversation with Bobbi Brown and Amy Smilovic. Bobbi is a makeup artist, entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, and the founder and Chief Creative Officer of Jones Road Beauty, one of the...

27 Touko 49min

Jeffrey Saad - 2.5

A conversation with Amy Smilovic and Jeffrey Saad - Chef, Entrepreneur, Estate Director, and Author. Before Compass, where he and his wife Nadia were among the first six agents in California and now s...

13 Touko 1h 22min

Checka Propper - 2.4

A conversation with Checka Propper and Amy Smilovic. Checka is the Head of Television at Color Force, the production company behind The Hunger Games franchise, American Crime Story, and Love Story — t...

29 Huhti 1h 2min

Liz Taylor - 2.3

A conversation with Amy Smilovic and Liz Taylor. Liz is Ogilvy’s Global Chief Creative Officer, setting the creative vision for 120+ offices in more than 90 countries, in addition to agency networks D...

25 Maalis 1h 18min

Episode 2.2 - Garance Doré

A conversation with Amy Smilovic and Garance Doré. Garance is a New York Times Best-Selling Author, renowned Photographer, and illustrator. In 2007 Garance began shooting street-style photography in P...

25 Helmi 1h 23min

Episode 2.1 - Golnar Khosrowshahi

A conversation with Golnar Khosrowshahi and Amy Smilovic. Golnar is the Founder & CEO of Reservoir Media, an independent music company based in New York City. Founded in 2007 as a family-owned music p...

28 Tammi 1h 8min